Trump hit with mega fine in fraud case
Plus: GOP continues impeachment despite indictment of anti-Biden source
The Spectator
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Thursday
Letters: no wonder Gen Z-ers don’t want to fight
From our UK edition
The many not the few Sir: Your leading article (‘The people problem’, 3 February) fails to get to the heart of this issue. Yes, more needs to be done to reform welfare to encourage people back to work. But nowhere do you mention the need for employers to be more open-minded in their recruitment. There
How many countries are led by an octogenarian?
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Gerontocracies How many countries are led by an octogenarian? – Out of 187 states assessed in March last year, 10 had heads of government aged over 80. The oldest – who is still in power, is the president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, who celebrated his 91st birthday this week. – The median age of a
2638: Capital fellow – solution
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The key word is Berliner: 37D/26D said ‘9D Berliner’; 13A, 3D, and 20D are newspaper formats; 26A, 40A and 28D are doughnuts. First prize Sam Snell, London SE10 Runners-up Mike Morrison, London N20; Guy Taylor, London EC1
The Tories are too weak to capitalise on Labour’s failings
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The polls suggest that Labour is in line for a general election victory later this year which could match or even exceed Tony Blair’s landslide of 1997. Yet the party exudes none of the confidence and maintains none of the self-discipline which it did 27 years ago. On the contrary, were the Conservatives not in
Portrait of the week: Labour struggles, unemployment falls and peers announced
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Home Labour withdrew support from Azhar Ali, its candidate in the Rochdale by-election to be held on 29 February, after a recording was published of him claiming Israel had ‘allowed’ the deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on 7 October, which had given them ‘the green light to do whatever they bloody want’. He was suspended from
Wednesday
Mayorkas impeached by House GOP. Now what?
Plus: Who won the George Santos seat?
Monday
Trump name-checks Nikki Haley’s husband
Plus: RFK Jr. apologizes for retro Super Bowl campaign ad
Did Rishi Sunak need to introduce a smoking ban?
From our UK edition
To the surprise of some, the Prime Minister used his conference speech in Manchester last year to announce a New Zealand-style lifelong ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after a cut-off date of 31 December 2008. The ban, which has since been announced in the King’s Speech as the Tobacco and
Friday
Who’s to blame for Biden’s angry presser?
Plus: Journos react to Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin
Thursday
Letters: where did St Blaise go?
From our UK edition
Too many not too few Sir: I have to disagree with your article ‘The people problem’ (3 February). There is a ‘people problem’ in the world but it is – globally – not too few, but too many people. In my own lifetime the world’s population has approximately tripled. This rate of increase is manifestly
How many people are switching religions?
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Rough drafts Ian Lavender, who died aged 77, was best-known for playing Private Pike, an out-of-place young man in a group of elderly Home Guardsmen in the BBC sitcom Dad’s Army. Yet in reality Pike was much closer in age to the majority of those who served in the Home Guard. A sample analysed for
2637: Born to sing – solution
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The unclued lights are the given names of pop stars. The pairs are 7D/20, 12/11, 25/24, 26/1D and 33/8. First prize Karen Bloom, Allington, Maidstone, Kent Runners-up Bernard Golding, Earsdon, Whitley Bay; D.P. Shenkin, London WC1
Portrait of the week: Charles’s cancer, Churchill’s teeth and a hot cross bun crisis
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Home The King announced that he had cancer, which was discovered during his treatment for non-malignant prostate trouble. He would continue with state duties, including weekly audiences for the Prime Minister, while receiving out-patient treatment. Public engagements, of which he performed 425 last year, would be kept by the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
The need for the monarchy has never been greater
From our UK edition
The natural reaction to this week’s news that King Charles III is suffering from cancer has been one of concern and compassion. As the Prime Minister said, consolation can be drawn from the fact that the illness has been caught early and that Charles is continuing with his duties – albeit stepping aside from public-facing
Wednesday
Ronna waves goodbye to the RNC
Plus: GOP fails to impeach Mayorkas
Wonderful Tennessee
From our UK edition
Distillation of a play by Brian Friel, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 30 June 1993 Silence. Sound – waves tumbling over each other, seagull, singing, laughing, as three couples run onto the beach. They are celebrating the birthday of Terry. Angela and Berna are sisters. Angela and George are having a secret
Monday
House GOP declares border bill ‘DEAD on arrival’
Plus: Is Ronna McDaniel being run out?
Friday
US launches retaliatory air strikes in Iraq and Syria
Plus: Soros staffers unionize — and immediately get laid off
Thursday
Letters: is the Scottish ‘McMafia’ model still better than Westminster?
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Scot free Sir: In last week’s piece on the SNP, Fraser Nelson was critical of the Covid scenario in which ‘civil servants were enlisted in the SNP secret state’ (‘The Covid clan’, 27 January). Fraser makes comparisons with Whitehall but fails to ask the obvious question: is the Scottish model preferable, where the civil service
